Hose-supporter.



CHARLES J. WHITE, 0F NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT.

HOSE-SUPPORTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 3, 1908.

Patented March 2, 1909.

Serial No. 418,969.

To all lwhom' it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES J. WHITE, a citizen of the United States, residing at New Britain, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Im rovements in Hose-Supporters, of which t e following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in hose supporters and the objects of my improvement are simplicity and economy in construction and convenience and efficiency when constructed.

' In the accompanying drawing z-Figure 1 is a front view of my supporter. Fig. 2 is an enlarged detached front elevation of the base plate and one connecting plate swiveled thereon. Fig. 3 is a sectional view of the said plates on the line :c m of Fig. 2, the stud or button connecting the said plates being shown in elevation. Fig. 4 is a detached front elevation of the detachable connecting plate.

A, designates the main plate or base plate, the same being provided with eyes 5, 5, of an ordinary form for the attachment thereto of a web or band B, to the lower end of which band. any ordinary form of'clasp or fastener C may be secured. A

D, designates an ordinary garter or band for supporting the base plate of the fastener, the said band having an ordinary take-up Slide 6. One end of this band has secured to it the connecting plate E by which to connect the band D with the base late and the clasp or fastener C. The said) plate E is provided with an eye 7 for securing the band thereto, while its smaller end 8 is perforated and loosely secured to the base plate by means of a stud, post, ,or button 9, that is secured to the middle portion of the base plate A, so that the said connecting plate E is free to swivel or turn on the said base plate. The outer end of the stud 9 is provided with a head 10 while its middle portion is provided uith an enlargement or collar 11, Fig. 3, which collar may be formed integral with the stud, or may be in the form of a washer secured thereon. This collar 11 is in front of the plate E and serves to se arate the said plate from the body of t e stud that lies immediately under the button head 10. The opposite end of the band D is provided with a detachable connecting plate I refer to make this plate of the same genera form as the plateE, and provide it with an eye 12 for the attachment of the band D while its body is provided with a key hole slot 13, such as is well known in fasteners of the loop and button style. The larger end of the key hole slot serves to re- .ceive the button head and permit the loop to be placed u on the stud, while drawing up the lool to ring the narrower end ofthe key hole s ot up against the stud, under the head as shown in Fig. 1, serves to detachabl secure the plate F to the said stud in a wel known manner. When thus secured the detachable plate is in front of the collar 11 and both ends of the band are swiveled or` pivoted on the base plate, so as to give the wearer the greatest freedom and ease under various strains.

In addition to the hereinbefore named advantages, I am enabled by my improvement to use an ordinary form of base plate having a button stud in its center and eyes above and below said stud for coverin the back side of the base plate with the we B, which is passed through the said eyes. By the special construction of the said button stud, I divide the projecting portion of the said stud into two parts to receive the two separate end plates, of which the plate E is undetachably swiveled on-the said stud at one of said parts, and the other plate F is detachably swiveled on the said stud at the other of the said parts, whereby the construction is inexpensive and the ease of action and the life of the supporter are greatly increased.

I claim as my invention:

1. A hose supporter comprising a base plate, a stud mounted on the said base plate, a band for supporting the said base plate, a connecting late swiveled on the said stud in front of t e said base plate, a collar on the middle portion of the said stud in front of the said connecting plate, and a detachable connectin plate secured to the opposite end of the said band and having an opening larger at one end and narrpwer at the other, for attaching and detaching to and from the said stud in front of the said collar. y

2. A hose supporter comprising a baseplate A having eyes 5, 5, a web B attached to the said base-plate by its upper end and having a clasp C at its lower end, a stud 9 having a collar 11 at its middle portion, a head 10 at its outer end and mounted by its inner end on the middle portion of the said base-plate, an undetachable connecting plateE'having a larger end provided with anl eye 7, and a perforated smaller end 8, the between the said-head and baseplate leaving said plate E being mounted by said smaller end on the said stud between the said baseplate and collar, by means of Which stud and collar the said connecting plate is swiveled on the said base-plate and held against being detached therefrom, a detachable connecting plate F havin an eye 12 at one end and an opening 13 Wluch is larger at one end and narrower at its other end for attaching and detachng to and from the said stud, and a band D secured by one end to the undetachable connecting plate E, and by its other end to the detachable connecting plate F. x

3. A hose supporter comprising a base plate, a stud iXedly mounted by its inner end on the said base plate with its body projecting from one side thereof, a head atfthe outer end of the said stud, a double faced collar projecting from the body of the said stud in the form of two shoulders at points a short space surrounding the said body on each side of the said double faced collar, a.

band for supporting the said base` plate and parts depending therefrom, a connecting plate at one end of the said band that is swiveled on the inner end of the said stud in the space between the said base plate and collar, the said tWo plates being permanently connected by means of the said stud, and a detachable connecting plate secured to the opposite end of the said band and having an `opening larger at' one end and narrower at the other for attaching to .and detaching from the outer end of the said stud Within the space between the said collar and head.

CHARLES J. WHITE.

Witnesses:

JAMES S. WURTS, SHEFFIELD H. CLARKE. 

